Beauchamp Seymour11 July 1882
Bombards Alexandria during the intervention that leads to British occupation of Egypt and control of the canal route.
Great Britain · Warfare / Anglo-Egyptian War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Bombards Alexandria during the intervention that leads to British occupation of Egypt and control of the canal route.
Orders the bombardment of Egyptian forts at Alexandria.
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